24 hotels listed, 24 rated, averaging 4.5 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿450–1,000
Mid-range฿1,800–4,200
Upper / luxury฿4,500–13,000
BTS Siam is the only place the Sukhumvit and Silom lines meet; Chit Lom, Ratchadamri and National Stadium are one stop out, and the skywalk over Rama I links National Stadium, MBK, Siam and CentralWorld without a road crossing.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: You pay a mall premium to sleep here: the mid-range band starts ฿600 above Ratchathewi, one BTS stop west, and the malls shut at 22:00, after which the district is eight lanes of Rama I and Ratchadamri traffic and not much else.
20 hotels listed, 20 rated, averaging 4.5 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿200–600
Mid-range฿800–1,800
Upper / luxury฿2,500–4,500
No BTS or MRT: the nearest rail is MRT Sam Yot about 1.5 km south, and the Chao Phraya Express boat from Phra Athit pier is usually the faster way out.
Noise 5/5.
The catch: The bars on Khao San and Rambuttri run loud until 02:00, and a street-facing room here is a bad night's sleep at any price.
16 hotels listed, 16 rated, averaging 4.3 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–700
Mid-range฿1,200–2,500
Upper / luxury฿3,500–8,000
BTS Ratchathewi and Phaya Thai on the Sukhumvit line, one and two stops from Siam; the Airport Rail Link stops at Ratchaprarop.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: Pratunam's pavements are wholesale clothing stalls from morning until late, so walking anywhere with a suitcase takes twice as long as the map suggests.
10 hotels listed, 10 rated, averaging 4.3 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿380–900
Mid-range฿1,500–3,200
Upper / luxury฿4,500–10,000
BTS Nana, Asok, Phrom Phong and Thong Lo on the Sukhumvit line, with the MRT Blue Line interchange at Asok / Sukhumvit.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: The stretch between Nana and Asok is a red-light district after dark, which is worth knowing before booking a family room on those sois.
10 hotels listed, 7 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–700
Mid-range฿700–1,600
Upper / luxury฿2,500–6,000
BTS Wongwian Yai at the western end of the Silom line, MRT Blue Line at Itsaraphap and Tha Phra, plus cross-river ferries to the Old City.
Noise 2/5.
The catch: The west bank is spread thin, and an address that looks close to Wat Arun on a map is often a 20-minute walk from the nearest pier — check that walk before booking.
9 hotels listed, 9 rated, averaging 4.3 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿350–800
Mid-range฿1,400–3,000
Upper / luxury฿4,000–9,000
BTS Sala Daeng and MRT Si Lom share the same junction — the interchange between the Silom line and the Blue Line.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: Silom runs on the office week: Patpong and Soi 4 fill every night, but the lunch shophouses and street carts that make the district thin out at the weekend.
8 hotels listed, 8 rated, averaging 4.6 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–700
Mid-range฿1,100–2,600
Upper / luxury฿3,500–9,000
MRT Blue Line at Sanam Chai for Wat Pho and the Grand Palace, plus Chao Phraya Express boat stops at Tha Tien and Tha Chang.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: The Old City empties after dark — most kitchens close by 21:00, and an evening in Sukhumvit or Silom means 30–40 minutes each way.
6 hotels listed, 6 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–650
Mid-range฿800–1,800
Upper / luxury฿2,400–5,000
MRT Blue Line at Huai Khwang, Thailand Cultural Centre and Sutthisan, with the Orange Line interchange at Thailand Cultural Centre.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: The going-out here is Ratchada's late-night market and its hostess-bar strip, and the MRT stops around midnight — so the way home is a taxi.
4 hotels listed, 4 rated, averaging 4.6 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–700
Mid-range฿900–1,900
Upper / luxury฿2,500–5,000
BTS On Nut and Phra Khanong on the Sukhumvit line, six stops east of Asok.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: Every temple on a first-timer's list is 40 minutes away by train, and the evening here winds down earlier than it does further west along the same line.
3 hotels listed, 3 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–650
Mid-range฿750–1,600
Upper / luxury฿2,200–4,500
MRT Sutthisan and Huai Khwang are a 10–15 minute walk from most of the district; there is no BTS.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: Din Daeng is where three expressways tie themselves together — the traffic noise is constant and the district's own list of things to do is short.
3 hotels listed, 3 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–650
Mid-range฿800–1,700
Upper / luxury฿2,200–4,500
MRT Blue Line at Lat Phrao and Phahon Yothin, plus the Yellow Line monorail running south-east along Lat Phrao Road.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: It is a residential district built around a road junction — the food is good and the rooms are cheap, but it is a 35-minute ride to any temple.
2 hotels listed, 2 rated, averaging 4.7 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–650
Mid-range฿800–1,800
Upper / luxury฿2,500–5,500
BTS Bang Na and Udom Suk on the Sukhumvit line; Suvarnabhumi is about 20 minutes by road on the Burapha Withi expressway.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: Nothing people fly to Bangkok for is within walking distance: this is a district for a BITEC exhibition or an early Suvarnabhumi departure, not for a holiday.
2 hotels listed, 2 rated, averaging 4.6 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿400–900
Mid-range฿1,800–3,500
Upper / luxury฿6,000–20,000
BTS Saphan Taksin sits at Sathorn pier, where the Chao Phraya Express boats and the free hotel shuttle boats depart.
Noise 2/5.
The catch: The hotels are strung along the bank with six-lane roads behind them, so leaving the property usually means a boat or a taxi rather than a walk.
2 hotels listed, 2 rated, averaging 4.7 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿400–900
Mid-range฿1,600–3,200
Upper / luxury฿5,000–12,000
BTS Chong Nonsi and Surasak on the Silom line, MRT Lumphini at the eastern end of Sathorn Road.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: Sathorn is an office district: eight lanes of commuter traffic by day, quiet by 22:00, with the eating and drinking one street over in Silom.
1 hotel listed, 1 rated, averaging 4.7 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿400–800
Mid-range฿1,200–2,400
Upper / luxury฿3,000–6,000
BTS Ari on the Sukhumvit line — one stop from Saphan Khwai, four from Mo Chit, seven from Siam.
Noise 2/5.
The catch: The cafés and small restaurants people come to Ari for sit on side sois that shut by 22:00, and there is no sight here a first-time visitor would cross the city for.
1 hotel listed, 1 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿280–600
Mid-range฿700–1,500
Upper / luxury฿2,000–4,000
MRT Yellow Line monorail along Lat Phrao Road; no BTS, so a trip to Siam means at least one change.
Noise 4/5.
The catch: It sits 12 km east of Siam with no BTS, so every sightseeing day opens with a 30–45 minute ride in each direction.
1 hotel listed, 1 rated, averaging 3.5 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿300–700
Mid-range฿900–2,000
Upper / luxury฿2,800–6,000
BTS Mo Chit and MRT Chatuchak Park / Kamphaeng Phet meet at the market's north gate — the northern end of both lines.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: The weekend market is the draw and it only opens Saturday and Sunday — arrive on a Tuesday and the district is a park, a bus terminal and a very long wall.
1 hotel listed, 1 rated, averaging 4.7 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿350–750
Mid-range฿1,000–2,000
Upper / luxury฿2,800–6,000
No BTS and no MRT inside Dusit: buses along Ratchawithi and Samsen roads, or the Chao Phraya Express boat from Thewet pier.
Noise 2/5.
The catch: We track no businesses at all in Dusit yet, and with neither a BTS nor an MRT station in the district every trip out starts with a bus, a boat or a Grab.
1 hotel listed, 1 rated, averaging 4.1 out of 5 Hostel / budget฿500–1,000
Mid-range฿2,000–3,800
Upper / luxury฿5,500–12,000
BTS Thong Lo and Ekkamai on the Sukhumvit line; the soi itself runs 2 km north of the station.
Noise 3/5.
The catch: Thong Lo soi is 2 km long with no station at the top end, so a good half of the bars and restaurants people book this district for need a motorbike taxi from the BTS.
